Territorial Flag

The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was a United Nations trusteeship
in the North Pacific administered by the United States.
The territory consisted of islands originally controlled by Germany
and ceded to Japan following World War I. Following the
second World War, the islands were placed under U.N.
control (1947).

The trust was dissolved when the last island group, Palau, approved a free
association trade agreement with the United States in 1980.

The flag was authorized by the U.N. High
Commissioner and adopted by the Congress of Micronesia in July 1965. It became
official on 19 August 1965. The flag has ceased to be used following the
dissolution of the Trust.

According to "The Flag Book of the United States" by Whitney
Smith (1975) [smi75a], The flag design was
first hoisted on 24 October 1962, but was not officially adopted by the
Congress of Micronesia, as the legislature of the Trust Territory was called,
until 1965. The six stars represented the districts of Yap, Truk, Ponape,
Marianas, Marshalls, and Palau.